That September, Ward then moved to Cleveland, playing 14 games with the Indians. In 46 at bats, Ward picked up 10 hits, including his first home run.

Ward played 48 games in the majors the next year, traded again mid-year
to the Blue Jays. It was with the Blue Jays that Ward got his first
regular playing time, 72 games in 1993. But he hit just .192 and was
taken by the Brewers off waivers that winter.

Ward
stayed with the Brewers through 1996, signing with the Pirates for 1997.
It was in 1998 that Ward got his most playing time. He also got perhaps
his most exposure, smashing through the outfield wall while making a catch in a May game at Three Rivers.

"I knew I was going to hit the wall, I just didn't know if I was going to get the ball or not," Ward told The Los Angeles Times
afterward. "I felt something strange when I hit the [blue outfield]
padding, and the next thing I knew, I was on the other side of the
wall."

That catch came near the end of a Ward slump at
the plate. Days before, he had been 0 for 17. He then sparked a Pirates
rally with a triple. "I knew it was just a matter of time before I'd get
a hit," Ward told The Beaver County Times.

Starting his tenure as BayBears manager in December 2010, Ward told The Mobile Press-Register he was expected to bring the same style he had on the field to the Mobile manager's office in 2012.

"One thing these (former coaches) taught (me) is to play hard," Ward told The Press-Register.
"That's what you can expect from these guys as you come out to watch
the BayBears this season. I always say, 'It doesn't take any talent to
hustle. But it takes a desire and work ethic to get better.'"